Monday, January 9, 2012

Lineup To Be Announced February 2nd

The 2012 Sasquatch Launch Party will take place Thursday, February 2nd, at the Neptune in Seattle, WA. Performing will be Jose Gonzalez's side project Junip, Nada Surf's lead singer Matthew Caws (solo), and a band called the Physics. Jose Gonzalez is an amazing guitar player and Nada Surf is "Popular." I don't know much about the Physics, other than the energy of the crowd at their set must equal to the amount of people at the show multiplied by the square of the speed of light. It's nuclear fusion people, and it needs sunlight to function, which means the sun is now heavily rumored at Sasquatch 2012. Don't argue with science.

38 comments:

Doit2012
said...

So the launch party confirms Junip, The Physics and possibly (probably?) Nada Surf. I say this because those who played the launch party last year also played at Sasquatch (thermals, das racist, mad rad). Although Nada Surf is playing in Seattle in March at the neptune.

Let's talk about what is out. The Black Keys are playing Coachella and also playing in Seattle in May, so they're probably not going to be at Sasquatch.

Radiohead is a headliner at Coachella. Does that count them out for Sasquatch? Do any of the headliners for Coachella count them out for Sasquatch?

Day 3 of Coachella is very electronic/dance themed and I think we'll see that at Sasquatch. Pretty Lights (almost positive on this one), Avicii, Porter Robinson, Flux Pavillion/Dr. P, A-trak, Girl Talk etc.

There will be plenty of crossover from the Coachella lineup on the Sasquatch lineup, probably 10 to 15 bands. Generally, the top tiers of the lineups are different, but that doesn't mean they will be opposite.

Primus will perform at the 12th annual Summer Camp Music Festival that takes place May 25th-27th, 2012 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. The festival includes 3 full days of fun, camping, and music with over 75 bands on 7 stages.

Just from what I can pick up on, the smaller bands from Coachella are the ones that are most likely to crossover over to Sasquatch. From that I would think M83 and Neon Indian have a pretty high chance of making it this year. I think At The Drive In could be possibility, they are the loud reunited band that could be this year's DFA.

Tyler, there is decent chance a headliner will leak before the lineup is announced, but the festival gains nothing by officially announcing a headliner now. Announcing a headliner while tickets were still on sale would be beneficial information due to fluctuating ticket sales, but at this point, the entire lineup will be announced before tickets go back on sale.

I sent an email to Explosions in the Sky a while back who confirmed with me that they will be at Sasquatch in 2012, so that'll be another crossover. EITS sub-headlining for Bon Iver would make my life...

I like how buddy doesn't believe that I met Justin Vernon as if in all of the shows they did around the world last year he didn't talk to anybody after the show. I met Mikey too and Jesse Tabish from Other Lives. All amazing human beings and an experience I'll never forget.

I'm guessing I am who you are referring to as "buddy." Thanks for sharing the story, I have no doubt Bon Iver will be there, that is why I listed the percentage so high a couple weeks ago. It will be a huge surprise if he's not on the lineup. A (literally) anonymous post saying you met him isn't going to change my opinion that he'll be there, but it doesn't make your claim fact. There are a lot of bad people on the internet making stuff up that make your comment look less credible. Case in point, the Beatles joke above.

In general, those posting anonymously on this blog are pretty accurate, so I thank everyone helping contribute to the cause.

I think Xiu Xiu are a bit too out there for Sasquatch to be honest (although I definitely wouldn't mind if they were there). Also I'm still kicking myself for skipping Shearwater to get a spot (and a shitty one at that) for the boring boring Animal Collective set, so I would love it if they came back

@Know ID yuh: I wasn't referring to you when I said that buddy didn't believe I met Justin Vernon. It was directed at the person trying to mock me by saying they met the beatles. Honestly I don't care whether people believe me or not and I'm kind of glad that people didn't take me seriously because I feel bad that he shared that info with me and I leaked it. Obviously nothing is absolute but I know what came out of his mouth and you can take it or leave it. I have nothing to gain by saying it I'm just really stoked for sasquatch this year and its a bonus to know that Bon Iver will be there and I'll get to see them for a third time.